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Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

Dr Anne O'Connor B.A., M.A. Ph.D

Contact Details

Title

Lecturer Above The Bar

Address

Dept. of ItalianRoom 333Arts Millennium BuildingNUI Galway

Telephone:

Ext. 3794

Email:

ei.yawlagiun@ronnoco.enna

Biography:

Dr. Anne
O'Connor graduated with a joint first-class honours degree in Italian and
History from University College Cork, Ireland and in 1999 completed an MA in
Italian at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. She
completed a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mike Caesar at the University of
Birmingham, U.K.: the title of her thesis was 'Death and Memory:
Representations of Florence 1807-1865. She has lectured in University College
Cork, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Birmingham and has been a
lecturer in NUI Galway since 2003.

She has been the recipient of scholarships, fellowships and awards from the
IRC, IRCHSS, the Royal Irish Academy, NAIRTL, AHRC, the Department of Foreign Affairs
and the European Union. Her research interests include nineteenth-century
history and literature; romanticism; translation studies; travel
literature; transnational Ireland; cultural mediators, language teaching
methodologies and community-based learning. She has published widely in these areas and has presented many papers at international conferences.

Anne O’Connor is the co-editor (in collaboration with Dr. Dáire Keogh (DCU) and Dr. Colin Barr (University of Aberdeen)) of The Correspondence of
Paul Cullen (Irish Manuscripts Commission), a project that received a major
grant from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social
Sciences. As part of this ambitious project, she has gathered and translated the Italian correspondence of Cardinal Paul Cullen.

She is currently the Principal Investigator in the
project ‘Changing Words/Changing Worlds’ which is examining translation in
nineteenth-century Ireland. The project has been funded by the Irish Research
Council (2013-2015) under its Research Project Grants Scheme.

Anne O'Connor is the coordinator for the first year Italian programme, the evening diplomas in Italian, community-based learning in Italian and Italian in the Youth Academy. She lectures to all years from first years to Masters students in areas ranging from Italian language to translation studies and from intercultural communication to the Risorgimento.

Research Interests

19th Century Italian Literature and Civilization

Romanticism

Travel Literature

Italian History

Translation

Language Teaching Methodology

Community Based Learning

Anne O’Connor is the co-editor (in collaboration with Dr. Dáire Keogh (DCU) and Dr. Colin Barr (University of Aberdeen)) of The Correspondence of Paul Cullen (Irish Manuscripts Commission), a project that received a major grant from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. As part of this ambitious project, she has gathered and translated the Italian correspondence of Cardinal Paul Cullen.

She is currently the Principal Investigator in the project ‘Changing Words/Changing Worlds’ which is examining translation in nineteenth-century Ireland. The project has been funded by the Irish Research Council (2013-2015) under its Research Project Grants Scheme.

O'Connor, A. (2011) '‘The pope, the prelate, the soldiers and the controversy: Paul Cullen and the Irish Papal Brigade’' In: Paul Cullen and his world (Keogh and McDonnell eds). Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]

Anne O'Connor (2014) An Italian Inferno in Ireland:Alessando Gavazzi and religious debate in the nineteenth century. [Invited Lecture], University of Ulster History Research Seminar, University of Ulster, Coleraine , 19-NOV-14 - 19-NOV-14.

Anne O'Connor (2014) Visiting the Land of the Dead: Italy and Tourism, a difficult history. [Invited Lecture], School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Babel Lectures, Town Hall Theatre, Galway , 28-JAN-14 - 28-JAN-14.

O'Connor Anne (2013) Massimo D’Azeglio: Making Italians through war and historical novels. [Conference Paper], Identity and Conflict in Tuscany, Department of Italian, University College Cork, Ireland , 13-MAY-13 - 13-MAY-13.

Anne O'Connor (2013) Translating the Vatican for Nineteenth-Century Ireland. [Conference Paper], Shared and conflicting values at the inter-faith and cross-confessional interface: the role of language, University of Ulster, Coleraine , 08-NOV-13 - 08-NOV-13.

Anne O'Connor (2010) Death and Remembrance in nineteenth-century Florence. [Conference Paper], The Role of Death, Burial and the Afterlife in Shaping Human Identity, University College Dublin , 25-SEP-10 - 26-SEP-10.

Other Activities

Teaching Interests

I teach language, literature and culture to all years and at all levels. I have a particular interest in teaching translation and in community-based learning. I developed the first Service Learning Course in the College of Arts in 2007 which was awarded the European Language Label for innovation and creativity. I have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning at Higher Level (2009) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice (2012). I contribute to evening diploma classes and outreach courses run by the universtiy.